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Common Names
White Oak
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Stem | 120.0 | 2432.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Bark | 433.0 | 1900.0 | -0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Stem | 600.0 | 7296.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Bark | 19380.0 | 85000.0 | 0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Flower | not available | 54400.0 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 54400.0 | 62000.0 | -1.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| QUERCIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| QUERCITRIN | 44 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| RESIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Bark | not available | 0.0 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Stem | 3.7 | 40.0 | 1.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCYLLITOL | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Bark | 0.3 | 1.5 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Stem | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Bark | 0.4 | 1.6 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILVER | 3 | Stem | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Bark | 12.0 | 54.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Stem | 4.0 | 380.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Plant | 10.0 | 532.0 | 2.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Detoxicant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Floral-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fungicide | 5 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |